Smith: 'Rookie Blue humanises police'

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Gregory Smith has claimed that his new series Rookie Blue humanises police officers.

Speaking to the New York Post, Smith explained that he was attracted to the project because it wasn't a typical police procedural.

"It's a character driven procedural, which as an actor is the best of both [worlds]," he said. "You get to play with the guns and the handcuffs but also have love stories."

Smith added that he was thrilled when he found out about his love interest on the show, saying: "My character talks a lot about the women he's hooking up with but it turns out that he's dating a stripper. Which I've found is a phenomenon with a lot of rookie cops - they begin to date adult dancers. So I was kind of excited when they broke that news to me."

Smith also revealed that he changed his view of the police after working on the show.

"For most of us, you see a cop and instantly feel guilty, even if you haven't done something," he said. "You don't think of them as people, they're authority figures. This totally humanised them for me. Now when I see a cop, I think about what life might have been like for them as a rookie. They're a lot less intimidating now."